Car-squeeze.



` C.y H. DBMPSBY.

GAR SQUEBZE.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.1,1909.

Patented o@1:.12,19o9.

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CHARLES H. DEIJIPSEY, OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.

CAR-SQUEEZE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February l, 1909.

Patented Get. 12, 1909.

Serial No. 475,511.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. Dmtrsnr, a citizen 0f the United States,residing at Riverside, in the county of Riverside and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Car-Squeeze, of which thefollowing is a speciiication.

This invention is especially designed for the spacing apart of packagesor boxes when placed in storage or packed into a car or other means oftransportation, so that a final package or box may be put in between twoof such boxes, thereby crowding the boxes or packages close together andpreventing slipping or moving thereof during transportation.

My invention is especially adapted for use in packing boxes of orangesin refrigeration cars, as all such cars are built to accommodate acertain number of rows of boxes with a certain number of boxes to therow.

The boxes ordinarily used for packing oranges are twice as long as theyare high and are square in cross section, and in packing refrigeratorcars for transportation these boxes are set upon end in rows side byside as close together as possible, and in order to insert the last boxit becomes necessary to push the boxes endwise of the row to make roomfor the insertion of the last box. This is necessitated by reason of thefact that orange boxes are usually packed under pressure so that thesides thereof which are thin and yielding bulge out under the pressureof the oranges and it is not possible in setting the boxes in the car byhand to bring them as close as desired.

By the use of my invention the boxes of a row of orange boxes packedinto a refrigerator car can be moved with ease t0 space them apart toallow of the insertion of the last box.

Thile my invention is especially adapted for the purposes of a carsqueeze I do not limit it to that use alone, as the same is adaptablefor other purposes.

The object of my invention is to provide a car squeeze which willprovide sufficient leverage to move a great weight and at the same timeexert such leverage in opposite directions and in a straight line.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device of this naturewhich will be strong, light, portable, and operable by hand power.

Another object of my invention is to provide means for exerting a strongpressure upon the boxes or packages to be moved without causing anybreaking or marring of the package.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following descriptionand drawings and which are particularly pointed out in the annexedclaims.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the preferred form of my inventionas used in spacing orange boxes apart when such boxes are packed in arefrigerator car. The said drawings are for illustrative purposes onlyand are not drawn to any particular scale.

Figure 1 is a perspective of the squeeze in position between two boxesshowing the manner of operation thereof. Fig. 2 is a plan of the squeezeshowing the initial and final positions respectively in full and dottedlines. Fig. 3 is a section on line :v3-m3 in F ig. 2.

The device comprises a handle 1 of metal having a widened or enlargedhead or portien 2 at one end. Two sets or pairs of links 3 are pivotedto this widened portion of the handle, the pivots l of `said sets oflinks being on opposite sides of the center' line of the handlemember 1. The two links of each set are parallel and are pivoted attheir outer ends to shoes or blocks 6 by pivotal connect-ion 7, eachblock 6 being formed with a flange S embraced between the two links 0fthe pair or set and having the pivot pin 7 passing' therethrough andeach block being further provided with a bearing plate or sole 9 formedwith atlat bearing face 9, preferably provided with projections orstruck up portions 10. The pairs or sets of links are connected tooperate in unison by means of a bar 13 pivoted to the outer end of eachset or pair of links by the pivot 7 above referred to, the inner endportions of thesebars sliding side by side in an opening 1li formed in aguide block let pivoted at 1G to the handle member 1 modway between thepivots 4 aforesaid, the pivot 16 being also midway between the centerlines of the bars 3.

The operation is as follows: When all but the last row of boxes havebeen placed in the car leaving a space which is not quite suflicient toreceive another row of boxes the squeeze is inserted in the space leftbetween the boxes, the handle member being in the position shown at 1ain Fig. 2 giving minimum extension or distance between the spreadingplates 9. Gn then moving the handle toward the left, say to positionshown in full lines, the plates 9 are spread apart, as indicated in thefull line position, the pivotal connections 4- moving around the pivot16 in an are of a Circle, say through 150, this part of the n'iovementbeing comparatively rapid. In the further mown'ient of the hair dle, sayto the position shown in dotted lines at 1'), the pivotal connections 1-move through a further angle o1' are, of say 45o, which brings them on adead center or alinement with the centers 7, 16, this last partof theangular movement producing a slower and gradually decreasing outwardmovement with corresponding increase in the power of the outwardpressure. In this operation the bars 13 slide through the opening let inthe guide block 14 and in Contact With one another, said bars sliding inopposite directions through said opening. The function of said bars isto maintain the centers 7 and the outer ends of the links substantiallyin alinement With the' center or pivot;16. Said bars can infactberegarded as constituting eonjointly an extensible device Whoseends are extended by the spreading or' toggle def vices consisting ofthe links 3 and the porf tions of handle head between the Centers '4tand 16.

Vhat I Claim is:

1. A device for use as a ear squeeze or other purpose consisting of ahandle member, a guide member pivotally mounted on the handle member, alink pivoted to the handle member at each side of the pivot of the guidemember, and a bar'pivoted to the outer end portion of each of said linksand sliding in the guide member.

2. A device for use as a car squeeze or other purpose consisting of ahandle member, a guide member pivotally mounted on the handle member, alink pivoted to the handle member at each side of the pivot of the guidemember, a bar pivoted to the outer end portion of each of said links andsliding in the guide member, and shoes pivoted to the outer ends of saidlinks.

3. A device for use as a ear squeeze or other purpose Consisting of ahandle member, a guide member pivotally mounted on the handle member, alink pivoted to the handle member at each side of the pivot of the guidemember, a bar pivoted to the outer end portion of each of said links andsliding in the guide member, and shoes piv otally connected to the outerend of said bars.

Al. A ear squeeze comprising a handle member, a guide block pivotedthereon, a pair 01"' links pivoted to the handle member at each side ofthe guide block, a pressure plate having a flange extending between thelinks of a pair, a pivot extending through the said links and throughsaid Hange, and a bar connected to each of said pivots and slidingWithin" said guide block.

5. A device forthe purpose set forth comprising a handle member, a guideblock pivoted thereto, pressure plates provided with pivots, meansconnected to said pivots and having a sliding connection With said guideblock to maintain the aforesaid pivots in alinement, and toggle meansoperated by the handle member to spread said pressure plates apart.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at RiversideCalifornia this 25th day of January 1909.

CHARLES II. DEMPSEY.

In presence of- EVELYN PUTNAM, ANNA VVVILKINsoN.

